MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11976, 11 July 1906, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

London, July 9. The "Daily Mail's" Berlin correspondent says that Berlin financiers hare leased the Island of Chiloe from tb.9 Chilian Government to "colonise it with artisans and establish a coaling station. Jarvis won the long distance swimming championship at. Putney in 63mins 42sece. In th 3 Athletic championships, Nigel Barker (Sydney )did not secure a place in the 220 yards and 440 yards races. Few individual Australians are competing at the Bisley rifle meeting this year. The newspapers comment on the absence of the Australian and Np,w Zealand teams from the competitions for the Kolapore and Mackinnon Cups.. . • Mr tfehan, Victoria, baa obtained < first place in the B.C.L. examinations at Oxford. He also tied with Mr Barton, a Sydney ite, for first place in jurisprudence. All the newspapers containtsongra- * tuiatory birthday notices regarding Mr Chamberlain's public services. General tributes have been received from Liberals, and tbousands of telegrams and letters, including many from royalties.

Mr Winston , Churchill, Undersecretary for the Colonies, speaking at Altringham, urged tho constituencies to be prepared to support the Government in the ovent of them being brought into collision with an unsound and irresponsible assembly which might become a partisan weapon of one particular faction in tho State.